​2Bme, a fashion apparel brand owned by the RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group, has expanded its retail presence with the addition of its second store in the city of Kolkata and plans to add 12 more in the coming months.

Johnson & Johnson, L’Oreal and others have splashed out on cutting-edge cosmetics in Japan and Korea, seeking clout and innovation. But local beauty brands like Shiseido and Amorepacific could still reverse the trend.

​Nysaa Retail, which owns the fashion and general items store chain 1-India Family Mart, will be adding 80 stores across the country with an aim to generate Rs 1,100 crore (approx $157 million) revenue by 2020-21.

The news that Raf Simons and Calvin Klein were parting ways, revealed deliberately Friday evening as the fashion world clocked off for Christmas, didn’t surprise the industry. We look at what doomed the relationship.

The Oregon-based sportswear giant reported strong growth in both revenue and earnings in the second quarter, as the company reaps the benefits of the effective implementation of its “consumer direct offense”.

France's Chanel and Japan's Pola Orbis are among firms launching new ranges to exploit signs of rising demand for cosmetics among men, betting the tide is finally turning in a segment that has long underwhelmed.